Umweltbundesamt
Germany’s soils receive excessive nutrient loads via industrial livestock raising at large facilities, which often entails the spreading of unduly large amounts of manure on unduly small areas.
Eating organically grown food and vegetarian dishes makes a significant contribution to sensible food consumption. Peas, beans and lentils are healthy and nutritious alternatives to meat, and above all are a delicious source of protein that also promotes soil fertility.
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
